25June2020
Accessibility—Universal Design
for Instruction-try to design for all
When using MS Word/Excel to create PDF handouts, use the accessibility
checker (under Review (Mac) or Tools).
Good advice is to
- avoid merging cells in tables;
- use black text;
- use headings (these work well with text readers for the blind)
- use lists
- use tables made with Excel; make the header row repeat on all
pages
- put alternative text with graphics to summarize the images
use. To do this right click image and click "edit alt tex" and
then enter the description
- insert graphics inline with tex (not tight or squre or using
any wrappint options).
- search and replace for spare blanks
- for all URLs put a link attached to text that is meaningful.
- use Word accessibility checker to get a clean bill of health.
(p.s. these tips came from a handout that I thnk we addvisors got from
Sue Hill from the University when they were trying to get all advising
pages to be up to spec on accessability)